Bob Barr vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Bob Barr
Pre-GenerationalDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaRochester BroncosAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Barr as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Barr posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.372 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Bob Barr had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Barr and Otis Starks

Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
1.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.49
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.03
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.66
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.6
95.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.96
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
3.85
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3985
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1328.1
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1460
9.89
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.89
9.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588
3.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.716
0.716
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5914
40.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
938
6.36
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.36
6.36
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5516
37.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.07
40.07
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Bob Barr and Otis Starks

Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
1.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4374
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1458
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.75
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
1.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.45
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
2.91
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
2.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.5
84.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.128
2.128
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Barr and Otis Starks

Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
160.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
248.15
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
670
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
633
566.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
104.78
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
83.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.54
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.58
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
21.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.36
34.36
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
138.81
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
137.91
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
54.63
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
15.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
66.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.85
33.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
27.76
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
26
23.28
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
25.77
25.77
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
1.19
1.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100